Goblin and Hobgoblin

Stronghold creatures
Level 1
Goblin
Hobgoblin
Level 2
Wolf Rider
Wolf Raider
Level 3
Orc
Orc Chieftain
Level 4
Ogre
Ogre Mage
Level 5
Roc
Thunderbird
Level 6
Cyclops
Cyclops King
Level 7
Behemoth
Ancient Behemoth
Towns

Statistics
Goblin
Cost per troop  40
	Attack 4 Defense 2 Damage 1–2 Health 5 Speed 5 Movement Ground Size 1 Growth 15 (+8) AI Value 60
Hobgoblin
Cost per troop  50
	Attack 5 Defense 3 Damage 1–2 Health 5 Speed 7 Movement Ground Size 1 Growth 15 (+8) AI Value 78

Goblins and Hobgoblins are level 1 creatures of Stronghold town. They are recruited from Goblin Barracks.

"While goblins and hobgoblins are slightly below average among the basic foot soldier units, they are quite numerous. They attack with spiked maces." ^{RoE manual}

Others

Building the Mess Hall increases Goblin and Hobgoblin growth by 8 per week.

Heroes with a specialty

Gretchin the Barbarian has goblins as a specialty, which increases the attack and defense skills of any goblins or hobgoblins for each level attained after 1st level and gives them a speed bonus of 1.

Tactics and info

They have pretty high attack for a level 1 unit, and are effective attackers when in great numbers. Their speed and growth helps too.

Trivia

In the lore itself, the goblins (and hobgoblins) are aliens. Their blood is also green.

In one of the Armageddon's Blade teasers, the goblins were shown having bows in their hands. The reason for that is because the teaser animations were already done and were supposed to show a Forge goblin instead, which used pistols. However, due to fan backlash, they had to change the Forge creatures into "regular" creatures, and so the teaser became somewhat off-topic with ranged Goblins, a Minotaur and an Ogre guarding the so-called Varn 1904 Vault where the Armageddon's Blade was kept.

Their Forge equivalent was going to be called Grunt and its upgrade Foot Soldier, being a level 1 troop.

External Links

• [1]

See also:

---

• List of creatures
• List of creatures (HotA)